Today's News

How exciting that the PTA at Bedford Primary was one of 45 units across the nation and one of six local units in Virginia to win a $1000 grant from the National PTA as it honored the 115th anniversary of the founding. The National Congress of Parents and Teachers (the National PTA) was founded in February 1897. The National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers was founded in Georgia in 1926.

Much is being written about Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell’s marching orders to his Republican troops. “Don’t overreach,” he said, after his party had claimed supreme power in the state senate.
Last week, he got a strong lesson in how powerfully they ignored him. And they got a lesson in just how much he wants to be Mitt Romney’s running mate.

What would you do “if” given the chance to do something good?
When would you try to accomplish that task “if” time wasn’t a hindrance? Who would you try to help “if” money wasn’t a concern?
Where would you go “if” you had the opportunity to go anywhere?
How would you use an extra day “if” given those seconds, minutes and hours?
What if?
Well, today’s your day.

Harmony, George Aznavorian’s latest planned development, encountered push-back from some citizens during a public hearing last week.
All but 10 acres of the land where he proposes to build Harmony is in Bedford County and is currently zoned AR, an agricultural zone, and Aznavorian needs it rezoned to PD-1, a planned development zoning, in order to build the project.

Andy Crawford, Bedford County’s director of social services, brought a problem to the Board of Supervisors’ budget work session, Monday evening.
The work session was dedicated to enterprise funds, county services that are supposed to pay their own way due to the revenue they generate. Bedford County Group Homes is one of these.

Those three historical figures were the subjects of some superb writing that flowed from the minds and fingers of four local students.
The DAR gathered last week at the Bedford Central Library to hear the authors present their works. These weren’t just any essays, however, they represent the best that Bedford has to offer.

The club lacrosse team at Jefferson Forest High School will have to fall under guidelines set by the school system if a proposal to implement a club sports policy is approved by the Bedford County School Board.
Assistant School Superintendent Dr. Cherie Whitehurst told board members Thursday that a policy is needed to provide guidelines for that program and any other club sports that might be implemented in the future.

The Bedford County Board of Supervisors took action an a number of issues at a Monday night meeting that featured a lengthy agenda—including cell towers, the change of the master plan for Thomas Jefferson Crossing and the re-appropriation of funds for the school system.